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| + | '''H.M.S. ''Amethyst''''' was one of four third class cruisers of the [[Gem Class Cruiser (1903)|"Gem" class]] completed in 1904 and 1905. | ||
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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 276-7.</ref> | Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 276-7.</ref> | ||
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| H.M.S. Amethyst (1903) | |
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| Pendant Number: | P.00 (1914) P.02 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Elswick[2] |
| Laid down: | 7 Jan, 1903[3] |
| Launched: | 5 Nov, 1903[4] |
| Commissioned: | 17 Mar, 1905[5] |
| Sold: | 1 Oct, 1920[6] |
| Fate: | to J. W. Towers, Milford Haven[7] |
H.M.S. Amethyst was one of four third class cruisers of the "Gem" class completed in 1904 and 1905.
Service
Recommissioned at Portsmouth on 18 August, 1911.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander James D. Dick, 7 May, 1907.[9]
- Captain Richard Webb, 5 January, 1909.[10]
- Captain Francis Martin Leake, 1 January, 1913,[11] and as Captain (D) of Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.
- Captain Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, 1 December, 1913. (And as Commodore, Second Class in Command of Destroyer Flotillas.)[12]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 276-7.
- ↑ Webb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 276-7.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
Bibliography
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